Atari 2600 Emulators

Atari 2600Emulators

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Atari 2600 Emulator For PC, Mac & Linux

As suggested above, the Atari 2600 emulator of choice for PC, Mac & Linux is Stella.

Stella has been around since 1996, so has received literally decades of updates and maintenance, ensuring it is compatible with even the latest systems.

Stella is packed with features including some really cool visual effects where you can recreate the blurry effects of older CRT screens such as a composite connection, as well as adding scanlines as the finishing touch!

Stells is highly configurable with full input configuration, emulation settings where you change emulation speed and snapshots (which are also referred to as save states) so save your progress in games, it’s everything you will ever need in an Atari 2600 emulator.

Atari 2600 Emulator - Stella Running Pitfall
Atari 2600 Emulator Stella Running Pitfall

Stella Features Include:-

  • Comprehensive display & audio settings
  • Cool retro TV effects – Composite, S-Video, etc
  • Scanlines
  • Adjust emulation speed
  • Turbo mode
  • Input configuration
  • Snapshots (Save states)
  • Cheat codes

Atari 2600 Emulator For Android

When it comes to Atari 2600 emulation for Android, you really should consider the Stella core in RetroArch.

Atari 2600 RetroArch Stella Core Running Mario Bros
RetroArch Stella Core Running Mario Bros

The great thing about Stella and RetroArch combined is that you benefit from the extremely mature Atari 2600 emulator Stella in RetroArch, but you also can use all of the excellent features of RetroArch to further enhance your experience.

RetroArch Features Include:-

  • Save states
  • Comprehensive shader selection
  • Retroachievements
  • Game playlists and artwork
  • Rewind gameplay
  • Netplay